I am roughly 95% certain the gold I have is 24 karat. I've refined it twice, boiled the dust in HCL, and washed it in boiling water several times.
If I had to guess it's about 1oz of gold, its about the size of a quarter, but thicker. It's collected as a sort of solid but you can break it apart.
I see people in videos melting gold in a melt dish with borax and propane with no problems. Tried that, doesn't work.
I see people using MAPP gas, so I go out and get a MAPP gas torch.. doesn't work.
I see people making little furnaces that their melt dish sits in and using propane. I made one using lazersteve's directions and the pictures from the thread on the forum. Doesn't work.
I do the same with the MAPP gas torch and the furnace. IT DOESN'T F'ing WORK.
I bust the gold in half try that - gets Red/white hot. Doesn't melt.
Do I have to go get an arc welder or OXY/Acetyline to melt this crap? I've used a bottle of MAPP gas already trying to melt this crap, I kept it in the furnace for nearly 50 minutes. Nope.
So. What am I doing wrong.
Worms
Sorry for the cussing. I want to cuss a who lot more.
If I had to guess it's about 1oz of gold, its about the size of a quarter, but thicker. It's collected as a sort of solid but you can break it apart.
I see people in videos melting gold in a melt dish with borax and propane with no problems. Tried that, doesn't work.
I see people using MAPP gas, so I go out and get a MAPP gas torch.. doesn't work.
I see people making little furnaces that their melt dish sits in and using propane. I made one using lazersteve's directions and the pictures from the thread on the forum. Doesn't work.
I do the same with the MAPP gas torch and the furnace. IT DOESN'T F'ing WORK.
I bust the gold in half try that - gets Red/white hot. Doesn't melt.
Do I have to go get an arc welder or OXY/Acetyline to melt this crap? I've used a bottle of MAPP gas already trying to melt this crap, I kept it in the furnace for nearly 50 minutes. Nope.
So. What am I doing wrong.
Worms
Sorry for the cussing. I want to cuss a who lot more.
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